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Sony has again been a victim of a security breach where hackers successfully broke into 93,000 user accounts on its online gaming and entertainment networks. The attack was discovered after the company detected a large number of unauthorised attempts to gain access to its networks.
It has been reported that the hackers had brief access to 60,000 PlayStation Network (PSN) accounts and another 33,000 accounts on the servers for Sony Online Entertainment. According to Sony's Chief Information Security Officer, Philip Reitinger , other information such as credit card details was not compromised. However, they are still investigating the extent of unauthorised activity on these accounts.
After this security breach, Sony has frozen all the compromised accounts. In addition, the company is requiring secure password resets on the affected PSN accounts. Therefore, users will be notified by email to confirm their identity along with a series of steps on how to reset their passwords and gain access to PSN again.
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http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/10/12/sony-security-scare-hack/
Source:
Naked Security Sophos
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/10/12/sony-security-scare-hack/
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http://www.techspot.com/news/45827
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